We watched a special on the Science channel last night about a Japanese researcher who managed to take still photos of a giant squid back in 2004. I remember hearing of it at the time, but this is the first time I'd seen the pictures.

The most interesting bits (to me) were left half-said: they might not have gotten any pictures at all if the giant hadn't gotten a tentacle caught on the bait hook, and eventually the animal freed itself by cutting off said tentacle (which happened off-camera, so we don't know if it bit it off or pulled out its Leatherman tool). No dummy, that squid. Well, except for the "getting caught in the first place" part.